I’m not sure! But I played ultimate frisbee somewhat obsessively throughout grad school. The team names/cheers were more than enough to help me catch up.
I consider myself in the top 15th percentile on slang, and am technically a millennial to boot, but I have never before heard “rack” used in reference to testicular injury. Although based on miko’s comment, it sounds like it must be yet another flyover country abomination along the lines of calling soda “pop”, and therefore unworthy of further consideration.
On a related topic, I wonder if anyone ever determined the fraction of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” and related shows that revolved around rackage ? Gotta be upwards of 66%, right?
DrugMonkey 
May 17, 2013 at 10:17 am
I don’t know the reference. “Got [verbed] in the nads” can only be two things. Racked seems like the unfun option.
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May 17, 2013 at 10:25 am
Yeah, I agree with bashir. But I discovered in my 20’s that I’m particularly ignorant of slang so am not the best sample.
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May 17, 2013 at 10:26 am
I pictured it more like running into a low piece of furniture at high speed.
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May 17, 2013 at 10:33 am
This poll reminds me of nerdy 8th grade arguments about the definition of ‘second base’.
We’re such dorks.
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May 17, 2013 at 10:38 am
I am curious to how one becomes “particularly ignorant of slang”, sara?
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May 17, 2013 at 10:50 am
In the Californian Discourse Community we would say he got “hella railed in the junk.”
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May 17, 2013 at 10:56 am
I’m not sure! But I played ultimate frisbee somewhat obsessively throughout grad school. The team names/cheers were more than enough to help me catch up.
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May 17, 2013 at 10:56 am
The person who is Patient Zero for this investigation is by no means a Millennial and has no such excuse SS
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May 17, 2013 at 11:10 am
Only concussion-addled middle-aged Walter Mitty
“athletes” use terminology like “got racked” or “racked in the nads”.
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May 17, 2013 at 11:17 am
Wait… in the second one are we talking about billiards or boobs? Or something else?
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May 17, 2013 at 4:33 pm
Where/when I grew “to rack” meant — and only meant — “to hit in the nuts.”
We also drank pop.
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May 18, 2013 at 2:38 am
I consider myself in the top 15th percentile on slang, and am technically a millennial to boot, but I have never before heard “rack” used in reference to testicular injury. Although based on miko’s comment, it sounds like it must be yet another flyover country abomination along the lines of calling soda “pop”, and therefore unworthy of further consideration.
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May 18, 2013 at 5:05 am
It is not unique to flyover land.
“Pop” is, I agree, an abomination.
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May 18, 2013 at 4:16 pm
For this the bunnies have the urban dictionary
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May 18, 2013 at 6:13 pm
Huh, what? A rack of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotides?
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May 20, 2013 at 6:15 am
On a related topic, I wonder if anyone ever determined the fraction of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” and related shows that revolved around rackage ? Gotta be upwards of 66%, right?
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May 20, 2013 at 9:17 am
A review of Funniest Home Video data suggests that the following are huge threats to health and safety. I demand action by congress.
1) Piñatas
2) Trampolines
3) Dancing on any sort of raised platform, especially at weddings
4) ATVs
5) Children and little dogs
Disclosure: I have not watched that show sober since 2004.
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